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[Popular Science Short Video Collection Series 3. ]

[Nineteen, read the life of the corrupt official Heshen in one breath. ]

[Read how powerful Heshen was in history in one breath. ]

[He was the most corrupt official in the 276 years of the Qing Dynasty. ]

[During his reign, he was powerful and wealthy, and the most unexpected thing was that he was the most beautiful man in the Qing Dynasty at that time. ]

[Heshen went from a young talent to a historical corrupt official. ]

[How did he step by step rise to the pinnacle of power, and why did he fall from a high place and be sentenced to death in prison? ]

[In 1799, after Emperor Jiaqing took power, a major event that shocked the whole court occurred. 】

【During the period of Qianlong's mourning, Emperor Jiaqing resolutely punished Qianlong's favorite minister Heshen, accusing him of abuse of power, corruption and embezzlement. 】.

【Later, 800 million taels of silver were seized from Heshen's home. 】

【He is also known as the king of corrupt officials. 】

【But apart from corruption, Heshen's talent is actually very outstanding. 】

【He was able to stand out among the royal relatives and noble children and become the second emperor who dominated the court and the country at the end of Qianlong's reign. It is enough to show that Heshen is not just a flatterer, corrupt and vicious person. 】

【In fact, Heshen is also a talented man with both civil and military talents. 】

【He was once an official who was honest in his administration, but later he gained more and more power and his desires became more and more inflated. 】

【Heshen was born in 1750. 】

【He lost his mother at the age of three and his father at the age of nine, and depended on his younger brother for life. 】

【When he was studying in Xian'an Palace, he had already shown his talent. 】

【Heshen learned four languages, Manchu, Han, Mongolian and Tibetan, as well as riding and archery skills. Later, he met Feng Yinglian, the first great nobleman in his life. 】

【Feng Yinglian took a fancy to this handsome and talented young man. 】

【So, he married his granddaughter Feng to Heshen. 】

【In 1769, Heshen took the imperial examination. 】

【After failing the exam, he inherited the third-class light car captain as a student, and Heshen officially started his official career. 】

【In 1773, Heshen, 23 years old, was appointed Minister of Treasury. 】

【When he managed the cloth storehouse, he worked diligently and seriously, which greatly increased the stock of cloth. 】

【And his shrewdness and ability also attracted the attention of Emperor Qianlong and were appreciated. 】

【The reason why Qianlong liked Heshen so much was largely related to Heshen's knowledge. 】

【According to historical records, once Qianlong mentioned the Analects, no one understood its meaning, only Heshen said what Emperor Qianlong was thinking, so Qianlong was impressed by this guard. 】

【Afterwards, with the support of Emperor Qianlong, Heshen's career went smoothly. 】

【However, Heshen was honest at that time and did not accept bribes. 】

【...】

【At that time, there was a man named An Ming,He wanted to bribe Heshen to give him a promotion by giving him gifts. Heshen did not accept his bribe, but promised to promote An Ming. 】

【After that, An Ming was successfully promoted. 】

【But a few days later, An Ming's father suddenly passed away. According to the rules at the time, he needed to go home to observe mourning for three years. 】

【However, An Ming, who was successfully promoted, did not want to miss this opportunity. 】

【So he concealed the matter. 】

【But in the end, the matter was still found out by the Shangshu at the time. 】

【The Shangshu and the powerful minister Yonggui jointly impeached Heshen for shielding An Ming. 】

【On the other hand, Heshen learned the news from Yonggui's son early in the morning, and he quickly wrote a memorial to impeach An Ming. 】

【When Yonggui impeached Heshen, he immediately submitted a memorial and asked for an investigation. 】

【The Emperor Qianlong had already received the impeachment memorial from the Military Affairs Council, so he believed that Heshen did not deliberately shield An Ming, so he did not investigate further. 】

【However, after this incident, Heshen offended the powerful official Yonggui. 】

【In 1780, Heshen had a good opportunity to get promoted and make money. 】

【That is, the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou was suspected of corruption. 】

【The Emperor Qianlong ordered an investigation into the matter, but the case made no progress at first. 】

【Until Heshen took over the case, and under his severe torture, he finally found out the crime of the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. 】

【Afterwards, Heshen read out these confessions in front of the officials under the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. 】

【Officials saw that Heshen had already obtained evidence, so they all came out to accuse him. 】

【Seeing that his corruption crime had been proven, the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou had no choice but to plead guilty. It can be seen from this that Heshen's political skills were not low. 】

【After this case, Heshen was promoted to the Minister of the Imperial Court. 】

【After that, he was increasingly appreciated by Emperor Qianlong. 】

【At this time, Heshen's mentality had changed. 】

【In this case, he embezzled a large amount of property. 】

【At this time, Heshen had already realized the benefits of power and money. 】

【Soon after, Emperor Qianlong married the tenth princess to Heshen's eldest son. As a result, Heshen became a royal relative and was flattered by all officials. 】

【After a long time, Heshen was obsessed with the desire for money and profit. 】

【...】

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"Heshen? He is the corrupt official next to Emperor Qianlong..."

"Heshen is a great talent, how come he became the king of corrupt officials?"

"He was an honest official, but he was too powerful and couldn't help but start to embezzle and accept bribes like other officials!"

"Eight hundred million taels of silver were seized during the house search.Silver! Did he move all the silver in the world to his house!"

"......"

The ancients were shocked by Heshen's wealth.

What they were more curious about was how Heshen got so much silver.

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Ming Dynasty.

After reading it, Zhu Yuanzhang stamped his feet in anger!

"Corrupt official! Damn you corrupt official!"

"You embezzled 800 million taels of silver alone! Even if I torture you to death a hundred times, I will never be satisfied! ! ”

He had seen Heshen’s property confiscation on the screen before.

That time it was because of Emperor Qianlong.

At that time, all of Heshen’s property added up to more than this!

But Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t expect it.

Just in silver, Heshen alone could embezzle 800 million taels!

This is not only emptying the national treasury, even the pockets of ordinary people may have been emptied!

What made Zhu Yuanzhang even more angry was that Heshen, an official, could embezzle so much silver, so what about his accomplices?

How much silver did these people embezzle together!!

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Qing Dynasty.

The whole room was staring at the screen.

All of them sighed.

How could Heshen be so worthy that his deeds could be shown on the screen and seen by people from all dynasties!

Really, his name will be passed down through the ages!

It's just a bad reputation.

But even this is enough to make them envious.

And Heshen, who was standing among the officials, began to sweat on his forehead and couldn't help but Shivering.

‘I, I will die in prison later. ’

‘The next emperor will kill me! ’

Heshen was extremely nervous. At the same time, his deeds were played on the screen, making him feel naked. Even the evidence of corruption was listed.

Emperor Qianlong, who was in a high position, stared at the screen coldly.

He wanted to know why his favorite minister Heshen was killed.